missing word: mullet

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Sat Oct 7 18:27:17 UTC 2000


>>FWIW the OED has drafted an entry for this. I wish it
>>would go away.
>
>The entry or the haircut?

I wasn't familiar with this haircut name.

I did a Web search. MANY sites are devoted to the mullet, including plenty
of hilarious and/or scurrilous/obscene ones. Apparently the style is less
than universally applauded.

Amazon shows at least two "mullet" books.

Etymology??

Somebody claims the expression comes from the use of "mullethead" in the
movie "Cool Hand Luke".

-- Doug Wilson



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